Best Practices Handbook in Advising Clients on Fraud and Abuse Issues is a practical approach to the complex representation issues that permeate this area. Every health care attorney must consider and address potential fraud and abuse concerns in almost every transaction contemplated by a health care client.

Every health care attorney must consider and address potential fraud and abuse concerns in connection with almost every transaction contemplated by a health care client.

Best Practices Handbook for Advising Clients on Fraud and Abuse Issues is a concise guide developed by expert health lawyers with extensive and diverse experience. The authors weigh in on the complex representation issues that health care attorneyscommonly confront in the realm of fraud and abuse:

Ethical concerns when counseling in “gray areas”

Privilege protection in fraud and abuse matters

Providing a “fraud and abuse” opinion of counsel

The attorney’s role in conducting internal compliance audits and investigations

Self-disclosure and voluntary disclosure

Gathering documents in response to government demands

Interacting/communicating with employees and potential witnesses

Issues for an attorney to consider in resolving disputes with the government

The Handbook also includes sample documents that readers can use to address many of the issues discussed in this book.

The authors’ practical insights will be invaluable to a broad range of attorneys—from the general health care attorney to the fraud and abuse specialist—working in this dynamic high-risk area of the law.

Table of Contents

CONTENTSChapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 Practical and Ethical Concerns When Counseling in the Gray AreasChapter 3 Multiple Representation, Joint Defense Agreements and Fee IssuesChapter 4 Providing a “Fraud and Abuse” Opinion of CounselChapter 5 The Attorney’s Role in Conducting Internal Compliance Audits and InvestigationsChapter 6 Privilege Protection in Fraud and Abuse MattersChapter 7 Self Disclosure and Voluntary Disclosure: Legal Obligations and Incentives to DisclosureChapter 8 Gathering Documents in Response to Government DemandsChapter 9 Interacting/Communicating with Employees and Potential WitnessesChapter 10 Issues for an Attorney to Consider in Resolving Disputes with the Government